Combined match-safe and mailing-card.



No. 845, 11. PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

c. GRUNDY.

COMBINED MATCH SAFE AND MAILING CARD. APPLIGATIQN FILED MAR. 28, 1906.

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COMBINED MATCH-SAFE AND MAILING-CARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed. March 28, 1906. Serial No. 808,512.

To all 10/1 0110 (it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OORNELIA GRUNDY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paducah, in the county of McCracken and State of Kentucky,have invented anew and useful Combined Match Safe and Mailing- Card, ofwhich thefollowing is aspecification.

This invention relates to acombined mailing-card and match-safe, and hasfor its object to provide an. advertising novelty in form of a;mail-card, which may be conveniently folded .to-produce atwall pocket'or re ceptaclefor thereception of matches.

A further object of the invention is to-provide a mailing-card havingfold-lines and provided with. a match-striking surface, said card beingalso provided with a corner-loop, so that when thecard. is folded toproduce a match-safe the latter may be conveniently suspended from anail or other suitable suport.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it beingunderstood that various changes in form, proportions, and minor detailsof construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a front elevation of the face of theblank or mailingcard.Fig. 2 is a similar View of the rear portion of the card. Fig. 3 is aperspective view showing the manner of folding the blank or card. Fig. 1is a perspective view showing the folded or completed match-safe.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of thefigures of the drawings.

The improved device consists of a mailingcard or blank 5, formed ofcardboard, paper, or other suitable material, and preferably rectangularin shape, as shown, said card having written, stamped, or otherwiseprinted on one face thereof the name of the sender and on its oppositeface the name and address of the person to whom the card is to bedelivered. One face of the card is provided with a plurality ofconverging fold-lines 6 extending from the opposite corners of the cardto one longitudinal edge thereof, there being similar fold-lines 7extending from the upper edge of said card and having their convergingends united at a point adjacent the lower edge of the card, as shown.That portion of the card beneath the united ends of the fold-lines 7 anddesignated at 8 is adapted to be detached or severed when the card isfolded, the intermediate portion of the card at the converging ends ofthe several fold-lines being preferably gummed or provided with suitableadhesive material 9 to assist in holding the sections 13 in positionwhen the blank is folded. The card is provided with triangular-shapedmatch-striking surfaces 10, disposed one on each end of the card, andpreferably extending'from one corner thereof to the lower longitudinaledge of said card, as shown, the adjacent edges of the match-strikingsurfaces at the bottom of the card being spaced apart to permit theintermediate portion of said card to be conveniently folded. Secured toone corner of the card or blank is a supportingdoop 11, provided with aflap 12, one side of which 'is gummed and adapted to engage the rearwall of one of the match-striking surfaces when the blank is folded toproduce the matchsafe, whereby the latter may be conveniently suspendedupon a nail or other suitable suport.

p In folding the blank the severable portion 8 is first detached, afterwhich the blank is folded on the lines 7 and the sections 10 foldedlaterally on the lines 6, said sections being subsequently united bypasting the flap 12 over the adjacent section 10 and pressing the gummedportion 9 with the side walls or sections 13, thereby forming thematch-receptacle 14, as best shown in Figs. 3 and 1 of the drawings. Itwill thus be seen that when the blank is folded the name of the senderwill be displayed on the front of the receptacle 1 1, while that portionof the blank on which is printed name of the party to whom the card issent will be hid den from view.

Attention is called to the fact that the loop 11 not only forms a meansfor retaining the blank in folded position, but also serves as a meansfor supporting the match-safe.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that there is provided anextremely simple, inexpensive, and efficient device admirably adaptedfor the attainment of the ends in view.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A combinedmatch-safe blank and maildownwardly in contact ing-eard havingfold-lines and provided with a match-striking surface, and asupportingloop secured to one corner of the blank and provided with aflap.

A combined match-safe blank and mailing-card having foldlines andprovided with match-striking surfaces, said blank being provided with aportion disposed between the match-striking surfaces which is severedwhen the blank is folded.

3. A combined match-safe blank and mailing-card having fold-lines andprovided with match-striking surfaces, said card having a portionextending from one edge of the card and intersecting the fold-lineswhich is severed when the blank is folded.

4. A combined match-safe blank and mailing-card comprising asubstantiall rectangular body portion having a match-striking surface ateach end thereof and extending from each upper corner of the bodyportion to the lower longitudinal edge thereof, the intermediate portionof the blank being provided with fold-lines.

5. A combined matcl1safe blank and mailing-card comprising asubstantially rectangular body portion having its opposite ends providedwith match-striking surfaces and its intermediate portion formed withfoldlines, and a loop secured to one corner of the body portion andprovided with a gummed fla v 5 A combined match-safe blank andmailing-card comprising a body portion having its opposite ends'providedwith match-striking surfaces and its intermediate portion formed withdiverging fold-lines, said body portion being provided with a gummedsurface and having a portion extending between the gummed surface thecard which is severed when the blank is folded.

7. A match-safe comprising a plurality of sections having match-strikingsurfaces, a receptacle connecting said sections, and a supporting-loopsecured to one section and engaging the adjacent section.

8. A match-safe comprising a plurality of sections having match-strikingsurfaces, a receptacle connecting said sections, and a supporting-loopcarried by one of said sections and provided with a gunnned flap forengagement with the adjacent section.

9. A match-safe comprising a pair of substantially triangular-shapedsections each provided with a match-striking surface and connected by aflexiblestrip forming a match containing receptacle, and a loop securedto one of said sections and provided with a gummed flap adapted toengage the adjacent section.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CORNELIA GRUNDY. Vitnesses LoUrs P. HAAs, GEO. W. Drums.

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